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Dragons Gameday for Tuesday, August 24

August 24, 2010 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release


Tuesday, August 24, 2010 * Game # 125 (56)

Fifth Third Field * Dayton, Ohio * 7:00 p.m.

Radio: 1410 ESPN Radio WING-AM

Lake County Captains (26-30, 70-55) at Dayton Dragons (15-40, 45-79)

RH Brett Brach (4-7, 2.87) vs. RH Tim Crabbe (2-6, 4.09)

Today's Game: The Dragons (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) host the Captains (affiliate of the Cleveland Indians) in the last game of a four-game set. Season Series: Lake County 12, Dayton 7. (At Dayton: Dayton 4, Lake County 2).

Streaks: Dayton: Won 3 (Won 4 of last 6 after going 4-30 over previous 44 games). Lake County: Lost 3.

Last Game: Dayton defeated Lake County 3-1 on Monday to earn their third straight win in the series. The game was played in two hours, two minutes, making it the shortest nine-inning game of 2010 for the Dragons. Dayton starting pitcher Clayton Shunick tossed six strong innings, allowing just one run, to earn his second straight victory. The Dayton bullpen combined for three scoreless innings as Doug Salinas worked the ninth for his seventh save. Dayton collected just four hits. Kevyn Feiner had two of them including a solo home run.

Today's Starting Pitcher: Tim Crabbe makes his 14th start of the season tonight. He has also made two relief appearances. Crabbe's last start was last Thursday at Great Lakes and he suffered a tough-luck loss (5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 SO). Crabbe has struggled over his last seven starts (0-5, 27.0 IP, 27 R, 28 BB) as his ERA has jumped from 2.54 to 4.09. He opened the 2010 season in extended spring training before joining the Dragons for one start on May 22 vs. Bowling Green (4.2 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 3 SO), then returned to Goodyear. He re-joined Dragons on June 5. Crabbe spent last season at Billings and went 1-7, 4.86 in 14 starts. He was the Reds 14th round draft pick out of Westmont (Cal.) College.

Individual Notes

* Henry Rodriguez has hit safely in nine straight games, going 16 for 34, .471, to raise his batting average to .302. He is batting .333 since June 1 to raise his batting average from .260 to .302. He is hitting .336 in the second half to lead the team.

* Kevyn Feiner is 4 for 7 with two home runs in the current series.

* Ryan LaMarre is batting .324 over his last 27 games to raise his batting average from .244 to .282.

* Chase Weems is batting .353 over his last six games.

* Doug Salinas over his last seven games: 5 saves, 13.1 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 22 SO. Salinas has earned the save in five of the last seven Dayton wins.

* The Dragons roster includes two players who are ranked among the Reds top 30 prospects by Baseball America. They are shortstop Didi Gregorius (#15) and pitcher J.C. Sulbaran (#25) (Sulbaran is on the disabled list).

Team Notes

* The Dragons have won three straight games for the first time since July 7-9.

* Dayton needs a win tonight to earn their first four-game home winning streak since they won six straight home games April 30-May 12.

* Dayton has clinched the series by winning the first three games in the four-game set. This is their first series win since they swept three games at Bowling Green July 7-9 and their first home series win since sweeping Fort Wayne May 10-12.

* Dayton pitchers have posted a 2.60 ERA over the last six games.

* The Dragons have held the lead in 10 of their last 11 games (winning five).

* The Dragons have played 15 one-run games among their 55 games in the second half. They are 3-12 in those games.

* The Dragons have held the lead in the eighth or ninth inning in seven of their 40 second half losses and were tied in the ninth inning in five other losses. Five times in the second half, the Dragons have held the lead with two outs in the final inning but lost the game.

* Dayton has led in 39 of their 79 losses.

* The Dragons bullpen has notched 27 saves this season but suffered 24 blown saves. The 24 blown saves lead the league.

* Dayton is 11-16 on the road in the second half; 4-24 at home.

* Dayton is 10-42 this season in games when they have committed more errors than their opponent.

* The Dragons have played 15 extra inning games. They are 4-3 at home; 0-8 on the road. They are 0-6 in extra innings in the second half.

* The Dragons have seven "walk-off" wins this season, three more than they had in all of 2009.

* The Dragons have used 50 players this season. The club record is 54 in 2003. The Midwest League average in 2009 was 45. Four teams used less than 40 and two teams used more than 50.

* The Dragons have made 70 roster changes this season and currently have seven players who have been with the club the entire season.

Home Stand: 3-0 .236 Batting Average 3.00 Earned Run Average 2 Errors in 3 Games

Last Road Trip: 2-4 .261 Batting Average 3.76 Earned Run Average 16 Errors in 6 Games

Upcoming Probable Pitchers (All game times are Dayton time)

Wednesday (6:30 p.m.): Dayton RH Daniel Corcino (1-0, 1.08) at South Bend RH Adam Worthington (4-5, 4.93)

Thursday (6:30 p.m.): Dayton RH Ricky Bowen (3-8, 6.26) at South Bend RH Diogenes Rosario (4-7, 4.38)

Friday (6:30 p.m.): Dayton RH Jacob Johnson (7-6, 4.40) at South Bend LH Mike Belfiore (2-9, 3.81)

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